TY - BOOK AU - Bettinger,Pete AU - Boston,Kevin AU - Siry,Jacek P. AU - Grebner,Donald L. TI - Forest management and planning SN - 9780128094761 (hbk) AV - SD431 .F47 2017 U1 - 634.9/2 23 PY - 2017///] CY - London, United Kingdom PB - Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier KW - Forest management KW - Forests and forestry KW - Planning KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Management of forests and other natural resources -- Valuing and characterizing forest conditions -- Geographic information and land classification in support of forest planning -- Estimation and projection of stand and forest conditions -- Optimization of tree- and stand-level objectives -- Graphical solution techniques for two-variable linear problems -- Linear programming -- Advanced planning techniques -- Forest and natural resource sustainability -- Models of desired forest structure -- Control techniques for commodity production and wildlife objectives -- Spatial restrictions and considerations in forest planning -- Hierarchical system for planning and scheduling management activities -- Forest supply chain management -- Forest certification and carbon sequestration -- Scenario analysis in support of strategic planning N2 - "Forest Management and Planning arose from our desire to provide for students in forestry and natural resource management programs a focused treatment of the topics that are important for upper-level forest management courses. This book presents an extensive overview of the methodology one might use to develop forest and natural resource management plans, and to analyze a number of resource issues that are encountered by managers."-- ER -